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Primary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire

Grange Primary School

Bainbridge Green, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3QR

Ofsted Good · 2024
School website 01743462984
Ofsted Good January 2024
Met the expected standard 22% in the bottom 10% nationally
Chance of a place 100% of first choices offered
Local deprivation 7/10 mid-range

Ofsted

Goodas at 24 January 2024

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2024.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 2 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
982 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

Key stage 2 results 2024/25

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths

22% England 60.7%

Reached the higher standard

0% England 8.1%

Average reading score

99 England 105.3

Average maths score

96 England 104.1

This year group had 16 pupils, so a single child moves the percentages above by about 6.3 points. Small cohorts move around a lot between years, so treat a single year's figures with care.

On the headline measure this school is in the bottom 10% of state-funded primaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is most disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the bottom quarter.

There are no progress measures for primary schools any more. They were calculated from a key stage 1 baseline, and statutory key stage 1 tests ended in 2023, so nothing has been published since. That makes attainment the only official measure — and attainment tracks intake closely, which is why the comparison against similar schools above is the more useful of the two lines.

Getting a place 2026/27 entry

About as many first choices as places. Of the 18 families who named this school as their first choice, 100% were offered a place.

Places offered
19

for entry into Reception

Named it first choice
18
First choices per place
0.95

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place
100%

England 95.1%

Demand has been broadly steady over three years.

These are offers made on national offer day for 2026/27 entry, from the local authority's co-ordinated admissions round. They exclude later movement — waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions — so a school shown as oversubscribed may still have places by September.

Oversubscription measures popularity, not quality, and the two are not the same thing: a school can be heavily oversubscribed because of its intake, its faith designation or simply because the nearest alternative is further away. We do not publish catchment maps, because catchments are not published: each admissions authority applies its own criteria afresh every year, and the distance that got a child in last year is not a boundary. Read the school's own admissions arrangements for the rules that will actually apply.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
164
Places
420
How full
39% full — 164 of 420 places taken, so places are likely to be available
Girls / boys
74 / 90
Overall absence
9%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
28%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
52%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
5%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
4%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
17%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
1

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
6

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0
Busiest road nearby
A528

11,885 vehicles a day (2025)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
0

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Shrewsbury Rail Station

2.8 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

7/10 Deprivation decile

Among the less deprived half of England.

6/10 Child poverty decile

Among around the middle for England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£223,500

postcode sector SY1 3 · 198 sales

Typical range
£193,750 to £250,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£317,500
Semi-detached
£229,250
Terraced
£183,500
Flat
£108,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
21%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
16%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
5%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
23%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
44%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
82%

England 62.7%

Social housing
7%

England 17%

Privately rented
11%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
62%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
12%

England 22.5%

No car
13%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Shropshire 015C and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 2–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
Yes
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Charlie Summers
Opened as this establishment
1 September 2019
Register status
Open
Local authority
Shropshire
Ward
Harlescott
Constituency
Shrewsbury
URN
147539

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first choices per place; the table keeps the underlying counts.

Reception

1.10 2020/21: 0.84 first choices per place2021/22: 1.00 first choices per place2022/23: 0.92 first choices per place2023/24: 1.00 first choices per place2024/25: 1.00 first choices per place2025/26: 0.92 first choices per place2026/27: 0.95 first choices per place2020202220242026
All 7 annual observations
Entry yearPlacesFirst choicesPer placeFirst choices offered
2020/21 19 16 0.84 100%
2021/22 17 17 1.00 100%
2022/23 12 11 0.92 100%
2023/24 11 11 1.00 100%
2024/25 14 14 1.00 100%
2025/26 12 11 0.92 100%
2026/27 19 18 0.95 100%

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Greenacres Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 48% 0.3 mi
Mount Pleasant PrimaryAcademy converter Report card 2026 43% 0.7 mi
Sundorne Infant School and NurseryAcademy converter Good 2021 — 0.9 mi
Harlescott Junior SchoolAcademy converter Good 2023 69% 1.1 mi
Greenfields Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 65% 1.1 mi
The Martin Wilson SchoolAcademy converter Requires improvement 2023 — 1.2 mi
Shrewsbury Cathedral Catholic Primary School and NurseryAcademy converter No overall grade 58% 1.2 mi
Wilfred Owen Primary SchoolAcademy converter No overall grade 63% 1.4 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

This school 22%
Median of its 12 closest peers 60%
Shropshire average 57.8%
England average 60.7%

Percentage meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. This school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
St Helen Auckland Community Primary SchoolAcademy converter Bishop Auckland No overall grade 68%
Mendell Primary SchoolAcademy converter Wirral No overall grade 67%
Alverton Primary SchoolCommunity school Northallerton Good 2024 52%
Warren Primary AcademyAcademy converter Nottingham Good 2022 67%
Bredbury St. Marks CofE Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Stockport Good 2024 41%
Hilderthorpe Primary SchoolCommunity school Bridlington Report card 2026 56%
Tyndale Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Yate Good 2023 37%
Ryhope Junior SchoolCommunity school Sunderland Report card 2026 65%
Warton St Paul's Church of England Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led Preston Good 2023 50%
Newham Bridge Primary SchoolAcademy converter Middlesbrough No overall grade 60%
Co-op Academy Smithies MoorAcademy sponsor led Heckmondwike Requires improvement 2024 61%
The Oak View AcademyAcademy sponsor led Winsford Good 2024 57%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 147539; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 24 January 2024
AttainmentDfE performance tables2024/25Exact URN; phase-specific definitions
AdmissionsDfE school applications and offers2026/27 plus history to 2014/15Exact URN and entry point; national offer day
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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